Pedestrian hit and killed in North Myrtle Beach

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A pedestrian was hit and killed along Highway 17 South in North Myrtle Beach late Friday night, according to the spokesman for the city. That person has been identified as 45-year-old Isaac Gene Hodge, who is believed to be homeless.

Witnesses stated that at 8:45 p.m. Friday, Hodge attempted to cross the highway while two vehicles were traveling southbound, said spokesman Pat Dowling in a press release. One vehicle was in lane two and the other was in lane one. The vehicle in lane two slowed down when the driver saw the pedestrian in the road. But the vehicle in lane one continued southbound.

According to the driver of the vehicle in lane one, he saw Hodge crossing the road at the last minute and started braking. But it was too late. That driver hit Hodge with his 2002 Chevy Tahoe. The press release from Dowling states that other witnesses described seeing the pedestrian "catapulted into the air before slamming back onto the ground in the median by 21st Avenue South on Highway 17".

A witness stopped to check on Hodge but did not find a pulse. When police officers arrived, they started CPR. Fire rescue crews and EMS personnel transported him to Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Included in the original redevelopment plan was a $20 million school project that has remained in place for almost 20 years, which Horry County Schools wishes to keep on the table (Source: WMBF News)

Horry County and the Horry County School Board issued a jointed statement Tuesday requesting Myrtle Beach City Council not approve the amendments of the The Market Common Redevelopment Plan without significant revision.

Horry County and the Horry County School Board issued a jointed statement Tuesday requesting Myrtle Beach City Council not approve the amendments of the The Market Common Redevelopment Plan without significant revision.